
%0 Journal Article
%A Grof, CPL 
%A Richards, DBC 
%A Johnston, M 
%A Brownell, PF 
%T Characterisation of Leaf Fluorescence of Sodium-Deficient C<sub>4</sub> Plants: Kinetics of Emissions From Whole Leaves and Fluorescence Properties of Isolated Thylakoids
%J Functional Plant Biology
%D 1989/12/01
%V 16
%N 6
%P 459-468
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PP9890459
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PP9890459 
%X Examination of whole-leaf fluorescence kinetics by means of a second-degree polynomial function showed a decrease in the rate of the rise from Fd to Fp in sodium-deficient compared with normal leaves of the C4 species Kochia childsii and Amaranthus tricolor. This suggests a decreased efficiency in light harvesting and/or utilisation in sodium-deficient plants.    Fluorescence ratios (Fv/Fo) of separated mesophyll and bundle sheath thylakoids were both lower from leaves of sodium-deficient compared with normal plants of K. childsii, Chloris gayana, A. edulis and A. tricolor. 
